thats fine that the cancel trick doesnt work anymore.. just wanted to know. I can still power lvl. besides magic lvls much faster now anyway so it's not as long and boring as lvling straight in the original. I personally assign everyone the 3 elemental spells, swap, life, exit and cure. I find everything else to be useless (just my opinion, disagree dont flame). and 1 with Toad 16 :P
I usually give dual weapons to all. Frionel gets swords, Maria gets Staves, Guy gets Axes, and (SPOILER)Leon gets swords... DoS plays pretty much the same as the original version. I still beat up everyone to raise HP, kill Orge Mages and Magicians to get expensive tomes, and take an early trip to (SPOILER) Mysidia , etc, etc.